Canadian Infographics & Data Visualization

Poverty and malnutrition affect millions of people around the world. They face social exclusion, lack of shelter and food, violence, and higher risk for chronic diseases. This is the poverty cycle, and malnutrition is the result of it. More than 900 million people around the world are malnourished. Vitamin deficiency, bloated stomach, and poor immune function are associated with malnutrition. Multiple episodes of hunger make people feel anxious, insecure, and left out. And many children live in food-insecure families and marginalized communities. They miss many days of school which translates into missed opportunities. Plan Canada works to eliminate poverty and malnutrition and improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Marginalized children are born into hunger and poverty. They deserve care, equitable schools, shelter, and food. Marginalized adults deserve to be helped or their children would be trapped in poverty.

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The Global Demands on Communication
The issue of the need for multiple language skills has been a subject of debate since the early 1950s. The post-WWII era created a movement to have more American students taking language courses to expand their skills.
It points out, for example, that many monolingual individuals start off with larger vocabularies, but over time this advantage is lessened. A surprising conclusion that is shown is that bilingual individuals are often more creative and better planners, even showing higher levels of mental health.

No Simple Answer
The infographic illustrates that the demands of multilingual speaking abilities have increased with the rapidly expanding global markets. Many countries today have multiple languages spoken within their borders.
The reality, however, is that the demand for multiple languages is actually creating an expanding market for professional translators. The demands of business are simply expanding more rapidly than the ability of businessmen to pick up the requisite skills of multiple languages.
While it is an advantage to be bilingual, the many different languages and business demands will continue to require the use of competent translators to get the job done.

Music improves creativity and language skills and decreases anxiety. In fact, music therapy is used in medical facilities to speed up post-stroke recovery, lower high blood pressure, and decrease the level of stress hormones. Music has a positive effect on our skills and abilities, including our emotional intelligence and literacy and reading skills. Music increases healing rates and has wondrous properties. It is a powerful tool for attention training and has a positive effect on academic and cognitive development. Music training requires fluid intelligence and good cognitive skills. At the same time, training improves attention, concentration, and memory performance. Music boosts work productivity, improves coordination, and fights fatigue. It improves attention, causing improvement across different aspects of cognition.

Music therapy reduces negative emotions, relieves stress, and aids physical relaxation. It makes people feel more positive and optimistic. Music can heal the soul and helps us to relax after a stressful day. It has the ability to enhance moods and is a medicine for the heart – even a broken heart.

Their, they’re, or there? Some people write like they speak. There are many quirky grammar rules to remember, and mistakes are easy to make. So, you don’t want to look like the grammar police.

Reading signs and things posted on Facebook can be a lot of fun. “Shower will be shit down”. Many of us will be disappointed, whether it is shit or shut down. “Happy Memioral Day!” – if you see this on a cake, eat the topping first and then serve. “Smile Your’re on Campus Camera.” Ok, we got you, but we hope you are not in college. How about “10 items or less”? This would be perfectly fine if the items aren’t countable. And would you buy a product that says “easy removal of bowels”? This would be painful, I imagine.

We all make mistakes, even teachers. A sign that reads “Friday – no class’es” will make many kids happy. As you can see, apostrophes and commas can mix up everyone!